Collar for draft-animals.



No. 812,430. PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906. P. LBINEN.

COLLAR FOR DRAFT ANIMALS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16, 1904 UNITED STATES PATENT FRANZ LEINEN, OFKGNIGSTEIN, GERMANY.

COLLAR FOR DRAFT-ANIMALS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANZ LEINEN, a subject of the German Emperor, and aresident of Konigstein, Saxony, German Empire, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Collars for Draft-Animals; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The present invention has reference to improvements in collars forhorses, oxen, and other draft-animals; and the object of the inventionis to provide a collar of resilient character which will considerablyease the shock upon the animal starting to pull and which will preventgalling of the animal.

In order to make the invention more readily understood, I haveillustrated it on the accompanying sheet of drawings, of which Figure 1represents a perspective elevation of my improved collar, and Fig, 2 asectional view on line A B of Fig. 1.

The drawings show a one-piece collar; but my invention is equallyapplicable to twopart hinged or adjustable collars.

The collar-yoke is made in the shape of a hollow body composed of theouter wall a and the inner wall 6, preferably of sheetsteel but anyother suitable material may be used instead. A padding 0 is provided onthe wall I; to prevent the animal from being galled. The wall a is flat,while the other, 6, is vaulted, the former being provided with outturnedflanges, through which and the wall I) and padding 0 rivets or othersuitable securing means pass to secure the parts together. The innerwall I) may be made in one or several parts, the latter especially inthe case of an adjustable collar. In this latter case also the upperWall a is preferably composed of several sections adjustably secured toone another. The inner Wall, as well as the padding, should not becarried quite up to the point of the collar, but a recess d left forreceiving the mane for the purpose of preventing the collar frominjuring the mane and galling the animals neck.

What I claim is A horse collar composed of two sheetmetal members, oneof said members being vaulted, the other thereof being fiat, outturnedflanges formed on said fiat member, a padding adjacent said vaultedmember and of less length than said members, and securing means passingthrough said flanges, vaulted member and padding.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANZ LEINEN.

Witnesses:

CHAS. L. COLE, PAUL AREAS.

